4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony
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'Ceremony is testament that our culture has survived – not only over the many thousands of years but, particularly, the last couple of hundred years – because of its capacity for innovation and adaptability.'
Ceremony remains central to the creative practice of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. This exhibition and program of events will animate and heal to reveal how ceremony is at the nexus of Country, of culture and of community.
From the intimate and personal to the collective and collaborative, ceremonies manifest through visual art, film, music and dance. Ceremonial practice has a performative element. At its heart is the concept of iteration, the artist’s conscious engagement with what has come before. Iteration can be expressed in the painted minutiae of tali (sandhills) or the click of a shutter.
The Triennial is the National Gallery’s flagship exhibition of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. The National Indigenous Art Triennial is made possible through the continued generosity of the National Gallery’s Indigenous Arts Partner Wesfarmers Arts and key philanthropic supporters.
Curator:
Hetti Perkins, Arrernte and Kalkadoon peoples, Senior Curator-at-large, with National Gallery Curators.
Assets:
Madhan warrugarra wirimbirra gulbalanha by Paul Girrawah House
Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu Communicating Country
Studio spotlight on Penny Evans
Mind your language by Bruce Johnson McLean, Assistant Director, Indigenous Engagement
INSTALLATION IMAGES
![Three large linework neon light designs are hung across a wide wall](https://media.nga.gov.au/8gsu3m7NyjLD_WcbsxGgFx9g31k=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/2022_Ceremony_Exhibition_Installation_0013.jpg)
Darrell Sibosado, Bard people, Ngarrgidj Morr (the proper path to follow), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, image courtesy and © the artist
![A collection of woven baskets hung along a wall next to three black and white painted poles](https://media.nga.gov.au/oKPW8M6kQZ8TRr1T2ve-N5PTvvk=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/2022_Ceremony_Exhibition_Installation_0024.jpg)
Helen Ganalmirriwuy Garrawurra and Margaret Rarru Garrawurra, Ḻiyagawumirr-Garrawurra peoples, Mol Miṉḏirr and Gurrumaṯtji, 2019-2021, installation view, image courtesy the artists and Milingimbi Art and Culture © the artists
![A collection of vases presented on white shelves in gallery space](https://media.nga.gov.au/vr9EwSdVfDAxB7KYrOUuH4JT_dU=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/2022_Ceremony_Exhibition_Installation_0009_crop.jpg)
Kunmanara Carroll, Luritja and Pintupi peoples, installation view, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Suzanne Maple-Brown and Anthony Maple-Brown, purchased 2021, image courtesy the Estate of Kunmanara Carroll and Ernabella Arts © the Estate of Kunmanara Carroll
![An installation view of vases and paintings within a gallery space](https://media.nga.gov.au/o99LsWojaDAklFPTxM4fVue2yck=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/2022_Ceremony_Exhibition_Installation_0004.jpg)
Kunmanara Carroll, Luritja and Pintupi peoples, installation view, 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Suzanne Maple-Brown and Anthony Maple-Brown, purchased 2021, image courtesy the Estate of Kunmanara Carroll and Ernabella Arts © the Estate of Kunmanara Carroll
Mantua Nangala, Pintupi people, Untitled (detail), 2021, installation view, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Sue Dyer and Steve Dyer, purchased 2021, image courtesy the artist and Papunya Tula Artists © the artist/Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
![A dark room with multiple screens hung on the wall showing various sections of a film](https://media.nga.gov.au/q_hpuvUtMDgY1w-5OgDVs1ddWhM=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/2022_Ceremony_Exhibition_Installation_0029.jpg)
Joel Bray, Wiradjuri people, Giraaru Galing Gaanhagirri, 2022, installation view, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, created in consultation with Uncle James Ingram and Wagga Wagga Elders, and with support from City of Melbourne, Phillip Keir and Sarah Benjamin (the Keir Foundation), City of Port Phillip, Create NSW, Blacktown Arts, Arts Centre Melbourne, and Yirramboi Festival 2020, image courtesy and © the artist
![Four carved wooden boomerangs and two shields presented on a gallery wall](https://media.nga.gov.au/Il9oV9PgQ2zKw-VKo51ZQ9N0AHc=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/2022_Ceremony_Exhibition_Installation_0020.jpg)
Andrew Snelgar, installation view, 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, 2022, image courtesy and © the artist
![A soft sculpture depiction of Parliament House surrounded by soft sculptures of people and native Australian animals and protest signs](https://media.nga.gov.au/Loi7f1yH9pUZhkxb5niKlZYnAJ0=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/2022_Ceremony_Exhibition_Installation_0002.jpg)
Yarrenyty Arltere Artists and Tangentyere Artists, Blak Parliament House, 2021, installation view, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, image courtesy and © the artists
![An installation view of a screen showing a black and white film](https://media.nga.gov.au/6Db1NrKD0KqbfSoGLVmtmsXpkfQ=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/2022_Ceremony_Exhibition_Installation_0025.jpg)
Hayley Millar Baker, Gunditjmara and Djabwurrung people, Nyctinasty, 2021, installation view, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Kerry Gardner AM and Andrew Myer AM, and the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding body, image courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery © the artist
![A collection black clay banksia artworks displayed across a huge gallery wall](https://media.nga.gov.au/aYJL_oQYkaX9FEIebqif2EjaBqY=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/2022_Ceremony_Exhibition_Installation_0003.jpg)
Penny Evans, K/Gamilaroi people, gudhuwali BURN, 2022, installation view, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Pamela Pearce and Wally Patterson through the Patterson Pearce Foundation, image courtesy and © the artist
![An installation photo of a large screen showing a film](https://media.nga.gov.au/Cpwsj-TnmiNPmxtvb3Fki6GOsgc=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/2022_Ceremony_Exhibition_Installation_0015.jpg)
Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu, Gumatj people, Maralitja, 2021, installation view, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of the American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia with the assistance of Geoffrey Pack and Leigh Pack, image courtesy the artist and The Mulka Project © Gutingarra Yunupingu
![A photo of a fern tree garden with a concrete ring in the centre that is billowing steam](https://media.nga.gov.au/GZvYWzauMGbhW7P8IeG2rwoRBdI=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/2022_Ceremony_Exhibition_Installation_0031.jpg)
Nicole Foreshew, Wir Guwang (sky rain), 2022, installation view, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, image courtesy and © the artist
![A collection of photographs printed on silver are presented on a wall, interspersed with bronze castings of native Australian flora](https://media.nga.gov.au/avYyVAA5qFE4W3VTRgzZJZ8t38w=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/2022_Ceremony_Exhibition_Installation_0026.jpg)
James Tylor, Kaurna people, The Darkness of Enlightenment , 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Ray Wilson OAM, image courtesy and © the artist
Artist images
Robert Andrew, Yawuru people
For Ceremony, Robert Andrew has created a new ‘writing machine’, revealing a word over the course of the exhibition. Read more here.
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Robert Andrew, Yawuru people, A Connective Reveal – Language (detail), 2019, image courtesy and Milani Gallery © the artist
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Robert Andrew, Yawuru people, A connective reveal—nainmurra guuruburrii dhaura (installation documentation), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, created in consultation with Dr Matilda House and Paul Girrawah House, Ngambri-Ngunnawal Traditional Custodians, purchased 2021, image courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery © the artist
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Robert Andrew, Yawuru people, A connective reveal—nainmurra guuruburrii dhaura (installation documentation), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, created in consultation with Dr Matilda House and Paul Girrawah House, Ngambri-Ngunnawal Traditional Custodians, purchased 2021, image courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery © the artist
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Portrait of Robert Andrew, Yawuru people, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, 2021.
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Robert Andrew, Yawuru people, Yugarabul, Yuggera, Jagera and Turrbal Country, 2022, image courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, photograph: Agi Davis Agi Davis
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Robert Andrew, Yawuru people, Yugarabul, Yuggera, Jagera and Turrbal Country, 2022, image courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, photograph: Agi Davis
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Robert Andrew, Yawuru people, artist’s studio, Meanjin/Brisbane, Queensland, 2022, image courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery © the artist, photograph: Agi Davis
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Robert Andrew, Yawuru people, artist’s studio, Meanjin/Brisbane, Queensland, 2022, image courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery © the artist, photograph: Agi Davis
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Robert Andrew, Yawuru people, artist’s studio, Meanjin/Brisbane, Queensland, 2022, image courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery © the artist, photograph: Agi Davis
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Robert Andrew, Yawuru people, artist’s studio, Meanjin/Brisbane, Queensland, 2022, image courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery © the artist, photograph: Agi Davis
Joel Bray, Wiradjuri people
For Ceremony, Joel Bray presents Giraru Galing Ganhagirri, a new multiscreen video installation that explores the artist’s embodied relationship with Country and experience of diaspora. Read more here.
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Joel Bray, Wiradjuri people, Giraaru Galing Gaanhagirri (still), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, created in consultation with Uncle James Ingram and Wagga Wagga Elders, and with support from City of Melbourne, Phillip Keir and Sarah Benjamin (the Keir Foundation), City of Port Phillip, Create NSW, Blacktown Arts, Arts Centre Melbourne, and Yirramboi Festival 2020, image courtesy and © the artist
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Joel Bray, Wiradjuri people, Giraaru Galing Gaanhagirri (still), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, created in consultation with Uncle James Ingram and Wagga Wagga Elders, and with support from City of Melbourne, Phillip Keir and Sarah Benjamin (the Keir Foundation), City of Port Phillip, Create NSW, Blacktown Arts, Arts Centre Melbourne, and Yirramboi Festival 2020, image courtesy and © the artist
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Joel Bray, Wiradjuri people, Giraaru Galing Gaanhagirri (still), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, created in consultation with Uncle James Ingram and Wagga Wagga Elders, and with support from City of Melbourne, Phillip Keir and Sarah Benjamin (the Keir Foundation), City of Port Phillip, Create NSW, Blacktown Arts, Arts Centre Melbourne, and Yirramboi Festival 2020, image courtesy and © the artist
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Joel Bray, Wiradjuri people, Giraaru Galing Gaanhagirri (still), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, created in consultation with Uncle James Ingram and Wagga Wagga Elders, and with support from City of Melbourne, Phillip Keir and Sarah Benjamin (the Keir Foundation), City of Port Phillip, Create NSW, Blacktown Arts, Arts Centre Melbourne, and Yirramboi Festival 2020, image courtesy and © the artist
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Joel Bray, Wiradjuri people, Giraaru Galing Gaanhagirri (still), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, created in consultation with Uncle James Ingram and Wagga Wagga Elders, and with support from City of Melbourne, Phillip Keir and Sarah Benjamin (the Keir Foundation), City of Port Phillip, Create NSW, Blacktown Arts, Arts Centre Melbourne, and Yirramboi Festival 2020, image courtesy and © the artist
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Joel Bray, Wiradjuri people, Giraaru Galing Gaanhagirri (still), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, created in consultation with Uncle James Ingram and Wagga Wagga Elders, and with support from City of Melbourne, Phillip Keir and Sarah Benjamin (the Keir Foundation), City of Port Phillip, Create NSW, Blacktown Arts, Arts Centre Melbourne, and Yirramboi Festival 2020, image courtesy and © the artist
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Joel Bray, Wiradjuri people, Giraaru Galing Gaanhagirri (still), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, created in consultation with Uncle James Ingram and Wagga Wagga Elders, and with support from City of Melbourne, Phillip Keir and Sarah Benjamin (the Keir Foundation), City of Port Phillip, Create NSW, Blacktown Arts, Arts Centre Melbourne, and Yirramboi Festival 2020, image courtesy and © the artist
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Joel Bray, Wiradjuri people, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, 2021, image courtesy the artist
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Joel Bray, Wiradjuri people, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, 2021, image courtesy the artist
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Joel Bray, Wiradjuri people, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, 2021, image courtesy the artist
Kunmanara Carroll, Luritja and Pintupi peoples
For Ceremony, Kunmanara Carroll created several ceramic works that reference significant sites in his ancestral lands before he passed away in September 2021. Read more here.
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Kunmanara Carroll, Luritja and Pintupi peoples, Kiwirrkura, 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Suzanne Maple-Brown and Anthony Maple-Brown, purchased 2021, image courtesy the Estate of Kunmanara Carroll and Ernabella Arts © the Estate of Kunmanara Carroll
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Kunmanara Carroll, Luritja and Pintupi peoples, Walungurru, 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Suzanne Maple-Brown and Anthony Maple-Brown, purchased 2021, image courtesy the Estate of Kunmanara Carroll and Ernabella Arts © the Estate of Kunmanara Carroll
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Kunmanara Carroll, Luritja and Pintupi peoples, Yumari, 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Suzanne Maple-Brown and Anthony Maple-Brown, purchased 2021, image courtesy the Estate of Kunmanara Carroll and Ernabella Arts © the Estate of Kunmanara Carroll
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Kunmanara Carroll, Luritja and Pintupi peoples, Yumari, 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Suzanne Maple-Brown and Anthony Maple-Brown, purchased 2021, image courtesy the Estate of Kunmanara Carroll and Ernabella Arts © the Estate of Kunmanara Carroll
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Kunmanara Carroll, Luritja and Pintupi peoples, Pukatja/Ernabella, South Australia, image courtesy Ernabella Arts, photograph: Alex Craig. The late artist’s family has granted permission to use his image. For cultural reasons he is referred to as Kunmanara Carroll.
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Kunmanara Carroll, Luritja and Pintupi peoples, Pukatja/Ernabella, South Australia, image courtesy Ernabella Arts © the Estate of Kunmanara Carroll, photograph: Alex Craig. The late artist’s family has granted permission to use his image. For cultural reasons he is referred to as Kunmanara Carroll.
Penny Evans, K/Gamilaroi people
For Ceremony, Penny Evans has created the sculptural installation, BURN Gudhuwa-li, exploring the cultural significance of fire and the devastating impact of failing to follow Aboriginal protocols of caring for Country. Read more here.
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Penny Evans, K/Gamilaroi people, gudhuwali BURN (detail), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Pamela Pearce and Wally Patterson through the Patterson Pearce Foundation, image courtesy and © the artist
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Penny Evans, K/Gamilaroi people, gudhuwali BURN (detail), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Pamela Pearce and Wally Patterson through the Patterson Pearce Foundation, image courtesy and © the artist Penny Evans, K/Gamilaroi people, gudhuwali BURN (detail), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Pamela Pearce and Wally Patterson through the Patterson Pearce Foundation, image courtesy and © the artist
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Penny Evans, K/Gamilaroi people, gudhuwali BURN (detail), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Pamela Pearce and Wally Patterson through the Patterson Pearce Foundation, image courtesy and © the artist
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Penny Evans, K/Gamilaroi people, gudhuwali BURN (detail), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Pamela Pearce and Wally Patterson through the Patterson Pearce Foundation, image courtesy and © the artist
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Penny Evans, K/Gamilaroi people, Widjabal Wia-bal Country/Lismore, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy the artist
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Penny Evans, K/Gamilaroi people, Widjabal Wia-bal Country/Lismore, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy the artist
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Penny Evans, K/Gamilaroi people, work in progress, Widjabal Wia-bal Country/Lismore, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Penny Evans, K/Gamilaroi people, work in progress, Widjabal Wia-bal Country/Lismore, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Penny Evans, K/Gamilaroi people, work in progress, Widjabal Wia-bal Country/Lismore, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Penny Evans, K/Gamilaroi people, gudhuwali BURN (installation documentation), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Pamela Pearce and Wally Patterson through the Patterson Pearce Foundation, image courtesy and © the artist
(Site specific) Robert Fielding, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara peoples
For Ceremony, Robert Fielding has resurrected a car wreck, with its strategic positioning on Lake Burley Griffin commenting on the political annexing of Ngambri-Ngunnawal land. Read more here.
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Robert Fielding, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara peoples, Graveyards In Between, 2017, image courtesy the artist and Mimili Maku Arts © the artist
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Robert Fielding, Western Arrernte, Yankunytjatjara people, Graveyards in between 2017, image courtesy the artist and Mimili Maku Arts © the artist.
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Robert Fielding, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara peoples, Graveyards In Between, 2017, image courtesy the artist and Mimili Maku Arts © the artist
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Robert Fielding, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara peoples, Graveyards In Between, 2017, image courtesy the artist and Mimili Maku Arts © the artist
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Robert Fielding, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara peoples, work in progress, Mimili Maku Arts, Mimili, South Australia, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Robert Fielding, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara peoples, work in progress, Mimili Maku Arts, Mimili, South Australia, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Robert Fielding, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara peoples, Mimili Maku Arts, Mimili, South Australia, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Robert Fielding, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara peoples, Mimili Maku Arts, Mimili, South Australia, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Robert Fielding, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara peoples, work in progress, Mimili Maku Arts, Mimili, South Australia, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Robert Fielding, Western Arrernte and Yankunytjatjara peoples, Mimili Maku Arts, Mimili, South Australia, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
Nicole Foreshew, Wiradjuri people and Boorljoonngali, Gija people
For Ceremony, Nicole Foreshew exhibits alongside and has created work inspired by her profound relationship and collaboration with the late Gija artist of Nagarra skin Booljoongali (whose name means ‘big rain coming down with lots of wind’), who was a senior artist member of the Warmun Art Centre in the East Kimberley. Imbued in natural scents harvest from Gumbaynggirr Country in northern New South Wales, Foreshew has also created an immersive healing mist in Fiona Hall's Fern Garden. Read more here.
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Nicole Foreshew, Wiradjuri people, Mambanha (the cry of mourning) (detail), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, image courtesy and © the artist
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Nicole Foreshew, Wiradjuri people, Mambanha (the cry of mourning) (detail), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, image courtesy and © the artist
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Nicole Foreshew, Wiradjuri people, work in progress, Gumbaynggirr Country/Upper Orara, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Nicole Foreshew, Wiradjuri people, work in progress, Gumbaynggirr Country/Upper Orara, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Nicole Foreshew, Wiradjuri people, work in progress, Gumbaynggirr Country/Upper Orara, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Nicole Foreshew, Wiradjuri people, work in progress, Gumbaynggirr Country/Upper Orara, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Nicole Foreshew, Wiradjuri people, work in progress, Gumbaynggirr Country/Upper Orara, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Nicole Foreshew, Wiradjuri people, work in progress, Gumbaynggirr Country/Upper Orara, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Nicole Foreshew, Wiradjuri people, Gumbaynggirr Country/Upper Orara, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy the artist
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Nicole Foreshew, Wiradjuri people, Gumbaynggirr Country/Upper Orara, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy the artist
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Boorljoonngali, Gija people, Gemerre (detail), 2007, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2021, image courtesy and © the Estate of Boorljoongali
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Boorljoonngali, Gija people, Gemerre (detail), 2007, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2021, image courtesy and © the Estate of Boorljoongali
Margaret Rarru Garrawurra and Helen Ganalmirriwuy Garrawurra, Liyagawumirr-Garrawurra peoples.
For Ceremony, Margaret Rarru Garrawurra and Helen Ganalmirriwuy Garrawurra have created a series of weavings – or mol mindirr (black conical baskets/dilly bags) – and dupun (memorial poles) painted in their signature Garrawurra clan miny’tji (design). Read more here.
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Margaret Rarru Garrawurra, Ḻiyagawumirr-Garrawurra peoples, Mol Miṉḏirr, 2020, image courtesy the artist and Milingimbi Art and Culture © the artist, photograph: Grant Hancock
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Helen Ganalmirriwuy Garrawurra, Ḻiyagawumirr-Garrawurra peoples, Mol Miṉḏirr, 2020, image courtesy the artist and Milingimbi Art and Culture © the artist, photograph: Grant Hancock
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Helen Ganalmirriwuy Garrawurra, Ḻiyagawumirr-Garrawurra peoples, Mol Miṉḏirr (detail), 2020, image courtesy the artist and Milingimbi Art and Culture © the artist, photograph: Grant Hancock
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Margaret Rarru Garrawurra, Ḻiyagawumirr-Garrawurra peoples, Yurrwi/Milingimbi, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy the artist and Milingimbi Art and Culture
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Margaret Rarru Garrawurra, Ḻiyagawumirr-Garrawurra peoples, Yurrwi/Milingimbi, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy the artist and Milingimbi Art and Culture
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Margaret Rarru Garrawurra, Ḻiyagawumirr-Garrawurra peoples, work in progress, Milingimbi Art and Culture, Yurrwi/Milingimbi, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Helen Ganalmirriwuy Garrawurra, Ḻiyagawumirr-Garrawurra peoples, work in progress, Milingimbi Art and Culture, Yurrwi/Milingimbi, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Helen Ganalmirriwuy Garrawurra, Ḻiyagawumirr-Garrawurra peoples, work in progress, Milingimbi Art and Culture, Yurrwi/Milingimbi, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Margaret Rarru Garrawurra, Ḻiyagawumirr-Garrawurra peoples, work in progress, Milingimbi Art and Culture, Yurrwi/Milingimbi, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Margaret Rarru Garrawurra, Ḻiyagawumirr-Garrawurra peoples, work in progress, Milingimbi Art and Culture, Yurrwi/Milingimbi, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
(Site specific) Dr Matilda House and Paul Girrawah House, Ngambri (Walgalu) – Wallaballooa (Ngunnawal) – Pajong (Gundungurra) – (Erambie) Wiradjuri peoples
For Ceremony, Dr Matilda House and Paul Girrawah House have undetaken the traditional practice of tree scarring in the National Gallery Sculpture Garden. Read more here.
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Paul Girrawah House, Ngambri (Walgalu) – Wallaballooa (Ngunnawal) – (Erambie) Wiradjuri – Pajong (Gundungurra) peoples, work in progress, 2021, Kamberri/Canberra, image courtesy and © the artist
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Paul Girrawah House, Ngambri (Walgalu) – Wallaballooa (Ngunnawal) – (Erambie) Wiradjuri – Pajong (Gundungurra) peoples, work in progress, 2021, Kamberri/Canberra, image courtesy and © the artist
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Paul Girrawah House, Ngambri (Walgalu) – Wallaballooa (Ngunnawal) – (Erambie) Wiradjuri – Pajong (Gundungurra) peoples, work in progress, 2021, Kamberri/Canberra, image courtesy and © the artist
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Paul Girrawah House, Ngambri (Walgalu) – Wallaballooa (Ngunnawal) – (Erambie) Wiradjuri – Pajong (Gundungurra) peoples, work in progress, 2021, Kamberri/Canberra, image courtesy and © the artist
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Dr Matilda House and Paul Girrawah House, Ngambri (Walgalu) – Wallaballooa (Ngunnawal) – (Erambie) Wiradjuri – Pajong (Gundungurra) peoples, 2021, Kamberri/Canberra, image courtesy and © the artist
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Dr Matilda House and Paul Girrawah House, Ngambri (Walgalu) – Wallaballooa (Ngunnawal) – (Erambie) Wiradjuri – Pajong (Gundungurra) peoples, 2021, Kamberri/Canberra, image courtesy and © the artist
Hayley Millar Baker, Gunditjmara and Djabwurrung peoples
For Ceremony, Hayley Millar Baker has produced a her first video work, Nyctinasty, reflecting on her connection to spirits and her Ancestors. Read more here.
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Hayley Millar Baker, Gunditjmara and Djabwurrung peoples, Nyctinasty (still), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Kerry Gardner AM and Andrew Myer AM, and the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, image courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery © the artist
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Hayley Millar Baker, Gunditjmara and Djabwurrung peoples, Nyctinasty (still), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Kerry Gardner AM and Andrew Myer AM, and the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, image courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery © the artist
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Hayley Millar Baker, Gunditjmara and Djabwurrung peoples, Nyctinasty (still), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Kerry Gardner AM and Andrew Myer AM, and the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, image courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery © the artist
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Hayley Millar Baker, Gunditjmara and Djabwurrung peoples, Nyctinasty (still), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Kerry Gardner AM and Andrew Myer AM, and the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, image courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery © the artist
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Hayley Millar Baker, Gunditjmara and Djabwurrung peoples, Nyctinasty (still), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Kerry Gardner AM and Andrew Myer AM, and the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, image courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery © the artist
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Hayley Millar Baker, Gunditjmara and Djabwurrung peoples, work in progress, Naarm/Melbourne, 2021, image courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery © the artist
Mantua Nangala, Pintupi people
For Ceremony, Mantua Nangala has created a major new triptych depicting a significant ancestral women’s site near the salt lake Wilkinkarra/Lake Mackay. Read more here.
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Mantua Nangala, Pintupi people, Untitled (detail), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Sue Dyer and Steve Dyer, purchased 2021, image courtesy the artist and Papunya Tula Artists © the artist and Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
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Mantua Nangala, Pintupi people, Untitled (detail), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Sue Dyer and Steve Dyer, purchased 2021, image courtesy the artist and Papunya Tula Artists © the artist and Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
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Mantua Nangala, Pintupi people, Untitled (detail), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Sue Dyer and Steve Dyer, purchased 2021, image courtesy the artist and Papunya Tula Artists © the artist and Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
Mantua Nangala, Pintupi people, 2017, image courtesy and © Papunya Tula Artists, photograph: Matt Frost
S.J Norman, Wiradjuri people
For Ceremony, S.J Norman presents an iteration of Bone Library from the Unsettling Suite where he considers the living essence of so-called ‘dead’ First Nations languages through a live inscription, collaborating with members of the Walgalu community to engrave a dictionary onto the bones of “totemic colonial beasts” (sheep and cattle). Read more here.
![Black and white photograph of Koori artist SJ Norman sitting at a table surrounded by animal bones](https://media.nga.gov.au/y9SA1lKmVIX1YyW9JdGaiPi0YEo=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/PRIORITY_-_OPENER__-_SJ-573942.jpg)
S.J Norman, Wiradjuri people, with bones collected from Walgalu Country in artist’s studio, Gadigal Country/Sydney, 2021, image courtesy the artist, photograph: Jake Terrey
![Black and white photograph of sheep and cow skulls on a table](https://media.nga.gov.au/BgZllOyjHv2jYtyErrsxvV9svUU=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/SJ-573936.jpg)
Bones collected from Walgalu Country in S.J. Norman's studio, Gadigal Country/Sydney. Photograph by Jake Terrey.
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S.J Norman, Wiradjuri people, bones collected from Walgalu Country in artist’s studio, Gadigal Country/Sydney, 2021, image courtesy the artist, photograph: Jake Terrey
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S.J Norman, Wiradjuri people, bones collected from Walgalu Country in artist’s studio, Gadigal Country/Sydney, 2021, image courtesy the artist, photograph: Jake Terrey
![Black and white photographic portrait of SJ Norman sitting in a chair, surrounded by dry leaves and animal bones.](https://media.nga.gov.au/8MZcY4CKLkNunWntRh9LsZpoFYA=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/SJ-574009.jpg)
S.J Norman, Wiradjuri people, in his studio in Gadigal Country/Sydney, with bones collected from Walgalu, 2021. Photograph by Jake Terrey.
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S.J Norman, Wiradjuri people, bones collected from Walgalu Country in artist’s studio, Gadigal Country/Sydney, 2021, image courtesy the artist, photograph: Jake Terrey
Dylan River, Kaytetye people
For Ceremony, Dylan Rivers has developed a new work - Untitled (Bungalow) - that explores and celebrates his profound connection to Country and ceremony through macro (extreme close-up) photography. Read more here.
![Close up image of the artists eye in which an outback barn can be seen reflected](https://media.nga.gov.au/pRg90g3ivQJqzcDAmHg9jIXoDpw=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/Dylan_River_Colour_check000.jpg)
Dylan River, Kaytetye people, Untitled (Bungalow), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of the American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia with the assistance of the Christopher and Francesca Beale Private Foundation, image courtesy and © the artist
![Photo of the artist sitting on a tree log](https://media.nga.gov.au/ksTXeC8pqLnFEAFckaP3uOavYyw=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/20210809_Dylan_River_0021.jpg)
Dylan River, Kaytetye people, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy the artist
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Dylan River, Kaytetye people, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy the artist
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Dylan River, Kaytetye people, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy the artist
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Dylan River, Kaytetye people, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy the artist
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Dylan River, Kaytetye people, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy the artist
Darrell Sibosado, Bard people
For Ceremony, Darrell Sibosado has created a large-scale installation drawing on his cultural inheritance and amplifying the scale of the imagery to reflect the power of Aalingoon (Rainbow Serpent), whose shed scales are the pearl shells upon which the riji designs are inscribed. Read more here.
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Darrell Sibosado, Bard people, artist’s studio, Lullmardinard/Lombadina, Western Australia, 2021, image courtesy the artist, photograph: Sam Frederick
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Darrell Sibosado, Bard people, artist’s studio, Lullmardinard/Lombadina, Western Australia, 2021, image courtesy the artist, photograph: Sam Frederick
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Darrell Sibosado, Bard people, artist’s studio, Lullmardinard/Lombadina, Western Australia, 2021, image courtesy the artist, photograph: Sam Frederick
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Darrell Sibosado, Bard people, artist’s studio, Lullmardinard/Lombadina, Western Australia, 2021, image courtesy the artist, photograph: Sam Frederick
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Darrell Sibosado, Bard people, artist’s studio, Lullmardinard/Lombadina, Western Australia, 2021, image courtesy the artist, photograph: Sam Frederick
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Darrell Sibosado, Bard people, artist’s studio, Lullmardinard/Lombadina, Western Australia, 2021, image courtesy the artist, photograph: Sam Frederick
Andrew Snelgar, Ngemba people
For Ceremony, Andrew Snelgar presents a new series of engraved cultural objects including shields and clubs. Read more here.
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Andrew Snelgar, Ngemba people, Shield – Yah-rah-gerri (Sunrise), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, purchased 2022, image courtesy and © the artist
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Andrew Snelgar, Ngemba people, Shield – Ngurra (Home), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, purchased 2022, image courtesy and © the artist
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Andrew Snelgar, Ngemba people, Shield – Wadjarr (Earth), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, purchased 2022, image courtesy and © the artist
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Andrew Snelgar, Ngemba people, Shield – Baa (Place), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, purchased 2022, image courtesy and © the artist
![photograph of artist kneeling by tree in the bush](https://media.nga.gov.au/JgXCqe_1kp3zYj_im8DCWnZXx0A=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/20211112_Andy_Snelgar_process_001_sqat5EJ.jpg)
Andrew Snelgar, Ngemba people, Biripi Country/Ellenborough Falls, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy the artist
![Photograph of artist in workshop on stool carving wood](https://media.nga.gov.au/Ue0r5Jp_Gs_GF1THD3faemLvl0M=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/20211112_Andy_Snelgar_process_003_GMexSdr.jpg)
Andrew Snelgar, Ngemba people, work in progress, 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, purchased 2022
Andrew Snelgar, Ngemba people, work in progress, 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, purchased 2022
![Close up photograph of artist carving with wood shavings](https://media.nga.gov.au/jQ5Z2J3oarsOc_hTOS8Xsd52xig=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/20211112_Andy_Snelgar_process_008_iykbn8D.jpg)
Andrew Snelgar, Ngemba people, work in progress, 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, purchased 2022
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Andrew Snelgar, Ngemba people, Biripi Country/Ellenborough Falls, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy the artist
![Photograph of man sitting on rock looking up at waterfall](https://media.nga.gov.au/MTEh3KVEZFehguiymfFVVwSPvA4=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/20211112_Andy_Snelgar_Portrait10.jpg)
Andrew Snelgar, Ngemba people, Biripi Country/Ellenborough Falls, New South Wales, 2021, image courtesy the artist
(Site specific) Joel Spring, Wiradjuri people
For Ceremony, Joel Spring presents a cultural architecture intervention exploring the absence created by bushfires and the importance of caring for Country. Read more here.
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Joel Spring, Wiradjuri people, untitled (winhangarra) (work in progress), 2022, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, created in consultation with Yuin Traditional Custodians, and with the support of Penelope Seidler AM, image courtesy and © the artist.
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Joel Spring, Wiradjuri people, work in progress, Strathnairn Arts, Kamberri/Canberra, 2022, image courtesy and © the artist
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Joel Spring, Wiradjuri people, work in progress, Strathnairn Arts, Kamberri/Canberra, 2022, image courtesy and © the artist
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Joel Spring, Wiradjuri people, work in progress, Strathnairn Arts, Kamberri/Canberra, 2022, image courtesy and © the artist
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Joel Spring, Wiradjuri people, work in progress, Strathnairn Arts, Kamberri/Canberra, 2022, image courtesy and © the artist
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Joel Spring, Wiradjuri people, work in progress, Strathnairn Arts, Kamberri/Canberra, 2022, image courtesy and © the artist
James Tylor, Kaurna people
For Ceremony, James Tylor presents a new series of daguerreotypes and cultural objects exploring his connection to Country and culture. Read more here.
![Daguerreotype photograph of coastal landscape with rock formation](https://media.nga.gov.au/PRFHqtW3YWgsFdE63ffDyYMZRzo=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/James_Tylor_2021_The_Darkness_of_Enlightenment_Yartakurlangga_Becquerel_Daguerreotype_10x12.5cm_DPmzEOr.jpg)
James Tylor, Kaurna people, The Darkness of Enlightenment (detail), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Ray Wilson OAM, image courtesy and © the artist
![Daguerreotype photograph of landscape](https://media.nga.gov.au/A1BqPm_M646DcV9OOqViIXJC1X8=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/James_Tylor_2021_The_Darkness_of_Enlightenment_Wirruku_Becquerel_Daguerreotype_10x12.5cm.jpg)
James Tylor, Kaurna people, The Darkness of Enlightenment (detail), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Ray Wilson OAM, image courtesy and © the artist
![Daguerreotype photograph of landscape with trees](https://media.nga.gov.au/x6DkFfffugkh2E6j0LZFVGvthd4=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/James_Tylor_2021_The_Darkness_of_Enlightenment_Maitpangga_Becquerel_Daguerreotype_10x12.5cm.jpg)
James Tylor, Kaurna people, The Darkness of Enlightenment (detail), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of Ray Wilson OAM, image courtesy and © the artist
![Detail of the blue flame of a blow torch heating the daguerreotype](https://media.nga.gov.au/XQetwxafWo7abY3q0QCybh-N_h8=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/20210604_James_Tylor_006.jpg)
James Tylor, Kaurna people, in his studio, work in progress, Kamberri/ Canberra, 2021 © the artist
![Photograph of James Tylor heating the silver plate during the gold gilding process](https://media.nga.gov.au/oMf8RhLfXD9_glLhfAqrNpfoFjo=/adaptive-fit-in/800x0//national-gallery-of-australia/media/dd/images/5._20210604_James_Tylor_005.jpg)
James Tylor, Kaurna people, in his studio, work in progress, Kamberri/ Canberra, 2021 © the artist.
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James Tylor, Kaurna people, Kamberri/Canberra, 2021 image courtesy the artist
Yarrenyty Arltere Artists: Marlene Rubuntja, Western Arrarnta people, Trudy Inkamala, Western Arrarnta and Luritja peoples, Dulcie Sharpe, Luritja and Arrernte peoples, Rhonda Sharpe, Luritja people, Roxanne Petrick, Alyawarre people, Nanette Sharpe, Western Arrarnta people, Sheree Inkamala, Luritja, Pitjantjara and Western Arrarnta peoples, Rosabella Ryder, Arrernte people, Louise Robertson, Walpiri people, Cornelius Ebatarinja, Western Arrarnta and Arrernte peoples
Tangentyere Artists: Betty Conway, Pitjantjatjara people, Nyinta Donald, Pitjantjatjara people, Sally M. Mulda, Pitjantjatjara and Luritja peoples, Majorie Williams, Western Arrarnta people, Lizzie Jako, Pitjantjatjara people, Grace Robinya, Western Arrarnta people
For Ceremony, 16 artists from the Yarrenyty Arltere and Tangentyere art centres – led by Marlene Rubuntja – have collaborated on the soft sculpture Blak Parliament House, an Aboriginal take on Australia’s political heartland. Read more here.
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Work in progress, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artists
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Work in progress, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artists
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Yarrenyty Arltere Artists and Tangentyere Artists, Blak Parliament House, 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony, image courtesy and © the artists
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Nanette Sharpe, Western Arrarnta people, work in progress, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artists
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Marlene Rubuntja, Western Arrarnta people, work in progress, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artists
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Trudy Inkamala, Western Arrarnta people, work in progress, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artists
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Dulcie Sharpe, Luritja people, work in progress, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
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Roxanne Petrick, Alyawarre people, work in progress, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artists
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Louise Robertson, Walpiri people, work in progress, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artists
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Nanette Sharpe, Western Arrarnta people, work in progress, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artists
Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu, Gumatj people
For Ceremony, Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu presents Maralitjja - a video installation that represents his Ancestral identity, evoking his father’s Gumatj bäru (crocodile) clan and his saltwater Country in northeast Arnhem Land. Read more here.
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Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu, Gumatj people, Maralitja (still), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of the American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia with the assistance of Geoffrey Pack and Leigh Pack, image courtesy the artist and The Mulka Project © the artist
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Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu, Gumatj people, Maralitja (still), 2021, commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra for the 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Ceremony with the support of the American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia with the assistance of Geoffrey Pack and Leigh Pack, image courtesy the artist and The Mulka Project © the artist
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Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu, Gumatj people, Buymarr, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy the artist and The Mulka Project
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Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu, Gumatj people, Buymarr, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy the artist and The Mulka Project
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Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu, Gumatj people, Yirrkala, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy the artist and The Mulka Project
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Gutiŋarra Yunupiŋu, Gumatj people, work in progress, The Mulka Project, Yirrkala, Northern Territory, 2021, image courtesy and © the artist
STAFF IMAGES
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Hetti Perkins, Arrernte and Kalkadoon peoples, pictured in front of Uta Uta Tjangala, Pintupi people, ‘Untitled’, 1984, purchased with the assistance of the Foundation Gala Dinner Fund 2018 © the estate of the artist, licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd, and Doreen Reid Nakamarra, Pintupi people, Untitled, 2005, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, Purchased 2005. © Doreen Reid Nakamarra / Papunya Tula Artists / Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd.
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National Gallery Director Nick Mitzevich and Hetti Perkins, Arrernte and Kalkadoon peoples